Papa Newt wrote:I have not read the book yet, and I am going by the wording. What it sounds like in the book the author, with what he knows, is saying in order for John the Conqueror Root to become High John the Conqueror Root it must be fixed with Hoyts Cologne and prayed over. It is still the same root it just hasn't been "awoken" yet. That is just my guess, and look forward to what others insights to this will be.

Some questions about this root, read this thread and the info about High John on the website but am still unclear- if I just want to receive its general benefits (success, mastery, physical strength, confidence, protection, overcoming enemies, luck with love and gambling, virility etc...), is it enough to just carry the root in my pocket and forget about it or is it necessary to place it in a bag, regularly oil it/feed it whiskey, make requests of it, talk to it, rub it......? Any guidance is appreciated as I am new to rootwork.

Some questions about this root, read this thread and the info about High John on the website but am still unclear- if I just want to receive its general benefits (success, mastery, physical strength, confidence, protection, overcoming enemies, luck with love and gambling, virility etc...), is it enough to just carry the root in my pocket and forget about it or is it necessary to place it in a bag, regularly oil it/feed it whiskey, make requests of it, talk to it, rub it......? Any guidance is appreciated as I am new to rootwork.

Hello. My name is Kim and I'm new to the forum part. I have a question about john the conquerer root spell. Please help me. I recently ordered the things to use for the spell including the love me powder and goofer dust, I love my boyfriend too much and we have been together for three years but our relationship is stuck and he gets kind of cold feet when we talk about moving it to the next level. I want to do the love me or die spell but I don't want to kill him. Is there anyway that it will work just as well if I use just the love me powder and including his hair. Or is the goofer dust a must. Also if it's a must how do I nurse him back to health if he gets sick or if I need to destroy the spell. How do I do this???. Thanks

The way that I see it: the better that you treat your root, the better it is to you.
Remember, there is a spirit in there that is helping you.
Treat it like it is your personal child and do whatever you can for it.

If you are uncomfortable with any aspect of any spell, PLEASE don't do it.
The effectiveness will be weak and your energy with worrying about hurting him might just hurt him.
Here's an array of love spells that you can chose from that will make you feel more comfortable: http://www.luckymojo.com/lovespells.html

Thanks Miss Aida. When using High John as an pocket piece, can I oil it with Money Drawing one day or week to bring in $ and with kiss me girl oil another day or week, alternating how I want to 'program' the root to work for me in various different ways? Or have it work on several things simultaneously? Also, how to avoid the oil getting all over the pocket when using it as a pocket piece? thanks-

I recently bought some High John root pieces to make High John oil, and I was wondering if there were any extra ingredients I could use to give it some extra oomph. Maybe Dragon's Blood to color it, or frankincense to add power? Or perhaps I should just keep it simple and just use the High John pieces? It would obviously be much simpler if I could just buy LM's High John oil, but due to my current financial situation, it's really more feasible for me to make my own oils until I get a better job (which is one of the things I'm planning on using my High John oil for!). Plus, it gives me a little bit of rootwork experience, as I am very interested in taking Miss Cat's Hoodoo Correspondence Course.

Is it possible to wear HJTC oil in a pendant around the neck? I wanted to do this to improve mastery and confidence (I'm female). Would I actually need to touch the oil, or is wearing it around the neck in a pendant (hidden from others) enough for its power to work?

Hello, Nony65 ,
I don't know how you can get the oil from dripping out.
Instead, why not try cotton ball immersed with the oil and then place it inside your pendant?
You might also want to try purchasing the root itself (and dressed) inside the pendant) www.herb-magic.com/john-the-conqueror-whole-small.html
Hope this helps
Take care

It's very hard to describe Miss Aida; it's a little tiny bottle and has a fraction of root with the oil already in. There is a cap at the top which you can unscrew and top up with JTC oil at anytime. I have a very tricky situation coming up at work so wanted to wear it then for confidence!

I just thought I would share this story, as the power of High John has definitely made itself known to me.

About a week ago, I spoke with a very good friend of mine. She has gotten 2 DUIs, both due to prescription medications, and is currently on probation for her second one. Back in January. she was driving home from work and was pulled over. She has a work/school permit, but because she hadn't changed her address, she was arrested for driving on a suspended license. In addition, they found a small amount of marijuana on her. This constituted a violation of her probation, and she spent a month in jail. When I spoke to her, she had just gotten out, but was due in court 2 days later for the possession of marijuana and driving on a suspended license charges. My friend knows absolutely nothing about rootwork, but I told her I would do some work for her, even though I have read that to be successful at court case work, it needs to begin at least 9 days before the court date. In addition, I had no materials that are traditional to court case work, with the exception of High John root chips, and at this point, I had never done work for anybody but myself. Needless to say, I was pretty worried about the whole situation. I ended up simply creating a petition paper, anointing a small purple candle with a combination of High John oil that I made from LM High John chips and a homemade success oil, sprinkling High John root chips and bay leaves around the candle, and burning it over the petition paper. The whole time, I was thinking about how I should really be using Court Case oil, a brown candle, and court case herbs, but you work with what you have, I guess. At any rate, it was very successful. The possession charge was DROPPED (which never happens here in good ol' Georgia) and my friend's mother randomly decided to pay off all the fines for the probation they sentenced her to for driving on a suspended license, effectively keeping her from being put on yet another probation. I have only been studying Hoodoo for about 4 months or so, and have only performed 3 or 4 spells in that time, this included. I am overjoyed that it was so successful, especially since this particular friend is supposed to be moving up to Athens to live with me and my boyfriend once her DUI probation is done, and jail/another probation would have prevented that from happening for at least another year. Thank you, Lucky Mojo!

veggiekiller420: I have found all of the High John work that I have done, either in a pinch and quick-like or on a lengthy stretch, has had very powerful and see-able effects. This is still one of my very top shelf go-to works that I reach for whenever the situation calls for it. Best wishes on your continued work.

I have found too, since wearing my pendant with High John oil and crushed root, that things have changed for me. My mastery has improved and I am getting more people to listen to me. I have found that males have been quite intimidated though (I'm female!), they seem to react differently around me. I sometimes unscrew the lid and put a little bit of the oil on me. I definitely have found my luck is changing though, it's supposed to help with luck if I remember correctly! Wonderous little root and oil!

Wondering when it's best to use root powder, pieces, or whole High John root:

When working with roots in general, how does it affect spells when a root is cut into pieces or pulverized?
How interchangeable are the various forms - would it be acceptable to switch out, say, root pieces for whole root or root powder in spell recipes?

I can guess that it might be best to use powder when dusting a candle, or dressing things that you would like the target to subtly come into contact with. Other situations, though, I'm vague about. I'd love to hear the advice of the experienced on this.

when working with roots, it doesn't change anything in a spell if the root is whole, cut or powdered - you choose what's best suited to your spell. the swap is dependent again on the type of work. Here are a few examples:

-If you want to work a High John as a pocket piece, then you choose a large whole root.
-If you're making a mojo, you use a small whole root or root chips - using a large whole root would be impractical making much too big a bag.
-If you're making sachet powder, then you want to use powdered root or very small root chips.

Generally whole roots are oiled or fed with whisky, but they don't ''need'' to be fed - sometimes they're part of an altar set-up or part of a set of bones being used to divine - in those cases they might not be ''fed'' in the regular sense (or timing). And yes, usually only whole roots are sliced since with the chips you wouldn't have enough to work with

Hello again!
I just received a few HJTC roots in the mail the other day. They weren't from Lucky Mojo, but they look exactly like the pictures I've seen of them. They smell smoky...almost like barbecue. Is this normal? I really like the smell, but it's not what I was expecting.

Hello Buttawcup--typically when an HJC root has lost it's smell it indicates that the root should be fed and the anointed with oil, preferably LMC's High John the Conqueror oil. You can wash the root down and feed it with some whisky, cense it in incense (again, LMC's High John incense would be a good choice) anoint it with the oil and then set it back to working for you.
Blessings,
Bri

I've been reading this thread as well as the other links here on LM regarding HJTC. I remember originally reading about JTC in my first spell book. Not finding anything other than great stuff about this root, I picked up a couple of them. lol I didn't really know what to do with them so I either put 'em away, or pounded one up to make chips to see if i could make an oil. I still have the chips

Anyway, . I run a karate school, and for awhile, had made my own commanding oil, and thought a JTC root might be a decent ingredient in a commanding oil for me (it's a basic sweetflag calamus blend with other heres n theres). It does the job for creating a confident space for me as the head/primary instructor & owner.

So yesterday, when I came into the school, I removed the root from the commanding oil jar, cleaned it up with Florida Water, and then dressed it with Hoyt's Cologne. Now, I know I probably shouldn't have done this, but after the Hoyt's dress, I put some of my other favorite oils on it (attraction, a LM spiritual blend, a homemade crown of success blend, and a LM money blend). I've been wearing it since yesterday. If I'm wearing my gi (uniform), I'll keep it in my cup/supporter (lol i feel that's an appropriate storage location for this root )

I have to say that I definitely feel something while on my body. If I'm teaching, I'm feeling my presence and delivery carry out loud clear and precise, without being overbearing. I LOVE the vibe/groove/feel I get when I'm working out! I run my katas/forms/exercises from the beginning level up to the last level of guided instruction. This is a total of 27 forms, which takes approximately 27-28 minutes. The katas are supposed to put the practitioner in various postures in varying levels of difficulty throughout their training. These postures reflect various animal/element concepts and are reflected and brought out through the physiology while running the katas. I couldn't help but feel supercharged while running my katas today. I was shaking from the endorphin rush. I can't help but feel that I wasn't alone running them, if that makes sense. I can really feel and see how just HJTC will benefit me as well as my school.

I have one JTCR in a money mojo bag. I'm working on connecting this second one to me, keeping it on me as much as possible, holding it, talking to it; I want it to really feel me. I feel this one will be a pocket piece. I'm leaning towards this one focused on more of the 'social' aspects of my life

I'm currently waiting for a 3 John JackBall, so I'm going to see where in my life this second root wants to help me. I guess I should break out a pendulum too.

When would a HJTC be more appropriate as a pocket piece than in a mojo bag, and vice-versa? Right now, I'm using two of them. One as a $$ Mojo Bag, and a second one as a pocket piece (see the above post).

Since I've got a 3 John JackBall coming soon, I've thought of possibly putting the second HJTC in another mojo bag.

This one would be either a "Success and Personal Power", with a Master Root and Sampson Snake Root (HHRM pg 111) or a Mojo Hand to attract women.

On that note, does anyone know if I could use the items used in the "A Man's Jack Ball to Attract Women" JackBall (HHRM pg 112) to make a Mojo Bag instead of a JackBall. I figured a 3 John Jack and an Attract Women Jack would be slightly redundant?? I don't know....

I am a first-time poster here. I absolutely love the smell of High John the Conqueror root, and I am interested in other products, like cologne, incense sticks, powder incense, candles, etc. Before I invest in any of those, though, I would like to know if they smell the same as the root. Can anyone recommend products that have that true, High John the Conqueror smell, and not just some fragrance oil with a few chips of the root thrown in?

Back in July of 2012, I ordered 7 large HJTC roots, put them in a mason jar with two bags of chips and pieces,and filled it with olive oil... Then disaster struck, and I completely lost track of the whole thing. Just the other day I found the jar in a box in the closet - there is no evidence of rancidity and the oil smells wonderful. Having strained it all out, I loved the glossy look of the whole roots... my gut tells me that they'd be fine to work with (I've cleaned them up and heavily whiskeyed them). Is there any reason I cannot still use these roots in a traditional way ? They look and smell great - as does the resulting oil

Thank you for getting back to me, but you missed the point of my question. Other products, like High John Oil I have purchased off of eBay, also contained real High John Chips. However, they were floating in a red fragrance oil, the color of which reminded me of transmission fluid. What I want to know is what products SMELL like real HJCR?

To be honest I am not completely sure what more you are looking for. The link Miss Aida gave is all of the specifically John the Conqueror products which will have that specific scent in it. Those products will have the authentic scent, in particular the oil, incense powders, sachet powders and bath crystals. I have seen the transmission fluid looking stuff before and it seems to be mostly artificial and almost flowery smelling. I do not know of any colognes that are specifically john the Conqueror scented. If you want John the Conqueror scent just use John the Conqueror!

Above, I wrote that I have 7 large HJC roots that have been aged in oil for a very long time - and separating them seems like a crime at this point. Aside from using them to circle an X-Tra large root on my altar, does anything come to mind from you guys ? It seems that this could be something special and I don't want a great opportunity to pass me by...

Also, I was given several beautiful ginseng roots by a licensed digger locally, and it seems that HJC and ginseng would be a natural pair. As I was going to make a HJC mojo bag (love/sex/money - the big three), it occurred to me that the ginseng could be purposed to give the bag itself some vim and vigor. In any case incorporating the ginseng into the HJC bag would be a very good idea. Again, suggestions, thoughts ?

Those oil-aged roots sound like they would be perfect to make a High John oil lamp to work long-term along with the mojo you'll be making. Add the roots to the lamp reservoir (try and find a really large glass reservoir via an antique shop, ebay or etsy) along with a dixie john root for love, a large purposed lodestone (or a large chunk of pyrite) for money, and some sampson snake root (or one of those ginseng roots) for sex. I'd also add a large piece of Chaney root for health, happiness and long life.

Ginseng is great for male nature and does combine well with the High John as you surmised - particularly when increasing male nature. When working spells with pairs of roots such as Queen E & High John, another alternative is to use Ginseng instead of the High John as the male signifier. You'll also find a complete entry on it in Miss Cat's book on Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic.

This is very cool. I've been following this overall thread since I picked up a HJTC root and started using it as a pocket piece. After reading about Michael's find, I wanted to see what ideas everyone else would have. I haven't looked at lamps in the Black Folder nor online yet, but aura's idea has my curiousity piqued. I think Lamps are going to have to be bumped up the list of research tho'

Hey Michaels, I keep thinking of a Mojo Bag that was brought up here to increase personal power. For a woman, you used a piece of lightning struck wood, and for men, it was a Sang Root (Ginseng).

You could use one of those bad boy HJTC roots and a Sang Root. It calls for both so that would be a pretty juiced up mojo bag

Congratulations on your great fortune, btw! Was it just chips, pieces and the large roots in the olive oil, or were there other ingredients? If you don't mind me asking, did you fill the jar completely with olive oil? I so have to try this!!!

My daughter came in to my bedroom and grabbed my High John Root out of curiosity, Did she kill it? Can I still use it? I usually feed it with High John Oil and pray with it for success. I keep it on my Altar. Thanks!

Good day to everyone i dont know if this is the right forum but I'm going to ask anyway i have a friend who is suffering from ED is there any herbs that can help him? He is tired of taking pills. I await your answer thank you

I had a question about my John the Conqueror root. It is a large one that I had ordered from you. I've had it soaking in some whiskey with devil's shoe strings for a few months now and I was wondering if it would be alright if I just took the John the Conqueror root out of the whiskey to just keep it on me. I would keep it in my pocket if I needed to go out.
So would that be alright? or would I need to wash it or something?

I'm about to go to driving school to be a package delivery driver. I know I have what it takes, but I just need an extra boost of confidence and feeling of strength and stamina. I have read about High John The Conqueror root and was wondering if it could help me to prove that a woman can do this job just as well as the men. There are only a couple other women drivers in my center. Would carrying this root in my pocket help give me the confidence? If not, what would you suggest?? Thanks!

First, let me just explain that I am a gay male and I am submissive. I want to attract dominant male lovers. I have a really cool HJTC root that is actually naturally shaped like a woman's privates. (I know a certain spell where you actually cut a slit into a HJTC root to 'pussy-whip'.) So, please tell me if I am on the right track. I feel like this would be a really good pocket piece I could fix for myself, to attract dominant male lovers to me. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it for this? I wondered about using I Dominate My Man in some way, but I'm not sure cause I'm the one to be dominated. I also wondered about using my semen. I would really appreciate your ideas, or if I am way off on this.
Thank you so much,
Genies_Lamp